Rob, that's a nice interpretation, but I can't see that as the message: Tommy's Becky was gang-raped because Tommy hadn't been known as a fighter and the Gatlin boys (Larry and his brothers? don't know what the songwriter had against them) didn't fear him--and a sub-message of the song is that they didn't fear the law, either, hence Tommy's need to resort to violence...however unlikely it is that someone who has never fought before is going to prevail in a fight against three vicious bullies. Contrary to what an earlier writer said, in these conditions it's Tommy who's most likely to be smashed in the face with a 2 by 4.